Tentatum Posted August 12 Report Share Posted August 12 I know the title I chose for my question probably isn´t the best, but let me just give you a short summary: When I was younger, like 2 years ago, I was a chubby teenager. Not dangerously overweight but chubby. In 2023 I then started weight loss and lost around 15-20kg. At the time my go-to sport was jogging and I am still doing it, but at the beginning of 2024 I also started to get interested in weightlifting. Overall I´ve been doing it consistently for around 6 months but only at home. I´ve modified my plan and included 2-3 other exercises (like bench press) but essentially I am doing the following exercises (excluding legs, not because I don´t train them, but because I want to talk about my upper body here): benchpress with a barbell (all other exercises are done with dumbbells), benchpress, inclinded bench press, flys, triceps press, french press, seal rows, reverse flys, bitepscurls (two exercises), shoulder press, lateral dumbbell raise, push ups. I am doing three sets of each exercise and each exercise around 4 times a week. I am also taking care of my diet, currently eating around 2g of protein per kg body weight, so around 130-140g and in total between 2000-2500 calories a day, depending on how active I am throughout the day. I´ve started benchpressing with a barbell not that long ago and I don´t have anyone to spot me so I am currently doing it with 60kg, If I would go all in, I probably could do at least 70kg. Except for the shoulder and bizeps-only exercises I´ve increased the dumbbell weight steadily, so I started with 8kg at the beginning, now I am at 17.5kg on each dumbbell. I know this question is very theoretical but maybe you can tell me what I can do better, how your progress was etc. Quote Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 One thing you can do with the bench press is slow it down. If you do a 3 sec hold at the top and then a slow 5 second descent, you can make it harder without adding more weight, since you don't have a spotter Sounds like you are making good progress. Do you track how much you lift each session? Keeping a journal will help you track. Then each time try and up your reps. If you can do about 3 set of 8 reps with a weight, increase the weight. 1 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
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